WorksheetsPoetic Devices
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 11mins
Old Marley was as dead as a door nail.
simile
personification
metaphor
understatement
“No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him.” (Dickens, A Christmas Carol)
alliteration
allusion
metaphor
personification
Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore...
pun
alliteration
oxymoron
paradox
Boom!
metaphor
oxymoron
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
What kind of figurative language makes a comparison using "like" or "as"?
metaphor
personification
simile
allusion
The words highlighted in yellow contained a repeated initial /s/ sound, which is called ______.
allusion
alliteration
metaphor
onomatopoeia
The pattern of end rhyme in this poem (rhyme scheme) would be labeled as:
abba
abab
abcd
Examine the red text in the excerpt below. Which device is present?
simile
metaphor
personification
allusion
Comparing one thing to another without using "like" or "as".
simile
metaphor
alliteration
blank verse
She was as wise as an owl.
metaphor
rhyme
meter
simile
The use of sensory details that appeal to one or more of the five senses.
imagery
onomatopoeia
meter
figurative language
Poetry that does not follow a set pattern or form.
blank verse
free verse
refrain
mataphor
CRASH!
personification
allireration
onomatopoeia
rhythm
The rain tapped a tune on my window.
simile
alliteration
onomatopoeia
personification
Sounds, words, or phrases used again and again.
refrain
repetition
alliteration
meter
The division in a poem based on the number of lines it contains.
stanza
white space
meter
line break
The general topic of a poem.
personification
mataphor
meter
theme
What is the rhyme pattern?
AA B CC B
AA BB CC
AB AB AC
AA BC BC
My wet shoes squished as I walked across the floor.
I munched on the savory red apple.
Slow the low gradual moan came in the snowing.
- John Masefield
The track stretched on forever.
I've got a bone to pick with you!
The wind whistled through the trees.
